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121 heavy
['hevi]1) (having great weight; difficult to lift or carry: a heavy parcel.) lourd2) (having a particular weight: I wonder how heavy our little baby is.) lourd3) (of very great amount, force etc: heavy rain; a heavy blow; The ship capsized in the heavy seas; heavy taxes.) gros, lourd4) (doing something to a great extent: He's a heavy smoker/drinker.) gros5) (dark and dull; looking or feeling stormy: a heavy sky/atmosphere.) lourd6) (difficult to read, do, understand etc: Books on philosophy are too heavy for me.) difficile7) ((of food) hard to digest: rather heavy pastry.) lourd8) (noisy and clumsy: heavy footsteps.) lourd, pesant•- heavily- heaviness - heavy-duty - heavy industry - heavyweight - heavy going - a heavy heart - make heavy weather of -
122 impenetrable
[im'penitrəbl]1) (that cannot be penetrated, entered or passed through: impenetrable jungle.) impénétrable2) (impossible to understand: an impenetrable mystery.) insondable -
123 incomprehensible
[inkompri'hensəbl](impossible to understand: an incomprehensible statement.) incompréhensible -
124 indecipherable
(impossible to read or understand; not decipherable: indecipherable handwriting; This code is indecipherable.) indéchiffrable -
125 inexplicable
[inik'splikəbl](impossible to explain or understand: His inexplicable absence worried all of us.) inexplicable -
126 know the ropes
(to understand the detail and procedure of a job etc.) connaître les ficelles -
127 lay
I 1. [lei] past tense, past participle - laid; verb1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) poser2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) coucher3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) mettre, préparer4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) coucher5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) dissiper6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) pondre7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) parier•- layer2. verb(to put, cut or arrange in layers: She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.) couper en dégradé- layabout- lay-by - layout - laid up - lay aside - lay bare - lay by - lay down - lay one's hands on - lay hands on - lay in - lay low - lay off - lay on - lay out - lay up - lay waste II see lie II III [lei] adjective1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) laïque2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) profane•- laymanIV [lei] noun(an epic poem.) -
128 lip-read
verb ((of a deaf person) to understand what a person is saying by watching the movement of his lips.) lire sur les lèvres
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